A great post from Callan Bentley's blog, describing the geological background of yesterday's earthquake in Virginia (USA), 5.8-5.9 magnitude:
http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2011/08/23/the-mineral-va-earthquake-of-august-23-2011/
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Tuesday 23 August 2011
Earthquake strikes US east coast
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6M95_OC2h8DTqim2vr3OJvyYAN86NZC8UToSTjZQT8RQfitPorbNp46B6iRjBHRlYIb8cUSOyXny8RVEH9xWpHYE6AseFvR8oV2DG3ANSxC33Y7rrkVFIyoS5gHY8AK-cyU47eQphaO8/s200/_54780030_usa_virginia_earthquake_0811_304.gif)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/earthquake-rattles-washington-area/2011/08/23/gIQATMOGZJ_story.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14634730
Monday 22 August 2011
Age of the oceanic lithosphere
Just a short note... I found the other day (or I should say, refound, as I have used it many times in the last years) this image from
Cool, isn't it? :-) And it makes a great desktop background!
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/ocean_age/data/2008/ngdc-generated_images/whole_world/2008_age_of_oceans_plates.jpg
You can find more here. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/ocean_age/
Enjoy!
Cool, isn't it? :-) And it makes a great desktop background!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiy_jLGfasYRUA4Kah6CAfMVExwe9WxEM7N_rxmuh_Xd7No2LULnpFW6YIL7i9T-ckW_3ecSoQjyNo0RP0CM4lFc3TnOEdcfRBWHJh1EimvN1qPv5axHZCqPx65Gv6Lr_BKIKTMBhEhxs/s320/2008_age_of_oceans_plates.jpg)
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/ocean_age/data/2008/ngdc-generated_images/whole_world/2008_age_of_oceans_plates.jpg
You can find more here. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/ocean_age/
Enjoy!
Thursday 11 August 2011
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